Mitigation of subsoil recompaction by light traffic and on-land ploughing: I. Soil response

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 149-158

  Munkholm, Lars J ^a   Schjønning, Per ^a   Rüegg, Kaspar ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Air permeability; Bulk density; Organic farming; Penetration resistance; Plough pan; Sandy loam; Subsoil compaction; Subsoil loosening

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS; AIR PERMEABILITY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GRAIN GROWTH; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL); VEHICLE WHEELS;

ON-LAND PLOUGHING; PENETRATION RESISTANCE; SUBSOIL RECOMPACTION; TILLAGE SYSTEMS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

COMPACTION; MITIGATION; ORGANIC FARMING; SANDY LOAM; SUBSOIL;

AGRICULTURE; AIR PERMEABILITY; BULK DENSITY; GROWTH; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SOIL MECHANICS; WHEEL TRACTORS;

TRIFOLIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 12344318548     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2004.03.015     Document Type: Article

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